Started making a rear pallet fork for the tractor from my scrap metal collection.
-
The homemade #PalletFork is starting to look like money. These sell for €300 to €500 if you buy one instead of welding it from scrap steel found around the farm.
Let's see what this cost us (rough numbers):
€11 fittings
€26 paint (only used half though)
€5 power
€12 fluxcore wire
€3 cutting/grinding wheels etc.
====
€57Bargain! And it was more fun than buying. And much more satisfying 🤩
This paint dries slowly. One more coat, hopefully tomorrow.
#DIY #Welding #Tractor #MetalWorking #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Paint
@yngmar Add the fuel you used to harvest all that steel!
-
@yngmar Add the fuel you used to harvest all that steel!
@krahabors No fuel! You're confusing the steel harvest with the concrete pylon harvest.
The steel is all artisanal handgrown
But even if, the tractor also runs on diesel found around the farm
-
@krahabors No fuel! You're confusing the steel harvest with the concrete pylon harvest.
The steel is all artisanal handgrown
But even if, the tractor also runs on diesel found around the farm
@yngmar And now you reminded me I need that kind of jack.
-
@yngmar And now you reminded me I need that kind of jack.
@krahabors Yato YT-17261
Strong enough to break that chain when the post has a surprise concrete footing.
-
The homemade #PalletFork is starting to look like money. These sell for €300 to €500 if you buy one instead of welding it from scrap steel found around the farm.
Let's see what this cost us (rough numbers):
€11 fittings
€26 paint (only used half though)
€5 power
€12 fluxcore wire
€3 cutting/grinding wheels etc.
====
€57Bargain! And it was more fun than buying. And much more satisfying 🤩
This paint dries slowly. One more coat, hopefully tomorrow.
#DIY #Welding #Tractor #MetalWorking #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Paint
€490 for the type I used as inspiration. Although I sized it to our needs and our tractor. And the steel pieces I had laying around.
Universalios palečių šakės su 3-jų taškų tvirtinimu - agrotaskas.lt
Tvirtos, patvaraus rėmo palečių šakės tinkančios traktoriams su 3 taškų tvirtinimu 1 ir 2 kategorijos
agrotaskas.lt (agrotaskas.lt)
-
€490 for the type I used as inspiration. Although I sized it to our needs and our tractor. And the steel pieces I had laying around.
Universalios palečių šakės su 3-jų taškų tvirtinimu - agrotaskas.lt
Tvirtos, patvaraus rėmo palečių šakės tinkančios traktoriams su 3 taškų tvirtinimu 1 ir 2 kategorijos
agrotaskas.lt (agrotaskas.lt)
@yngmar 490€ by 44 kg is 11€ per kg is like Dacia Sandero: 14490€ by 1197 kg is 12€ per kg.
-
#PalletFork progress!
Made the top pieces for the ears (lift arm connections is the technical term, I think) and made a crossbeam, which took some elaborate measuring but fit pretty good.
Some seam welding later and then a moment of immense satisfaction: It fits! Took it for a spin immediately, of course.
Even better, I thought I might need a shorter top link but it looks like I might just get away with the one I got.
The rust converter has been busy over night and some rust has turned black.
Still need to finish a couple seams and then weld a bunch of extra armour points to the critical fulcrums to increase the load rating. So far I only tested it with my bodyweight
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Welding #Homestead #Metalworking
@yngmar woaaa, nicely done!
-
The homemade #PalletFork is starting to look like money. These sell for €300 to €500 if you buy one instead of welding it from scrap steel found around the farm.
Let's see what this cost us (rough numbers):
€11 fittings
€26 paint (only used half though)
€5 power
€12 fluxcore wire
€3 cutting/grinding wheels etc.
====
€57Bargain! And it was more fun than buying. And much more satisfying 🤩
This paint dries slowly. One more coat, hopefully tomorrow.
#DIY #Welding #Tractor #MetalWorking #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Paint
Nicely done!
-
The homemade #PalletFork is starting to look like money. These sell for €300 to €500 if you buy one instead of welding it from scrap steel found around the farm.
Let's see what this cost us (rough numbers):
€11 fittings
€26 paint (only used half though)
€5 power
€12 fluxcore wire
€3 cutting/grinding wheels etc.
====
€57Bargain! And it was more fun than buying. And much more satisfying 🤩
This paint dries slowly. One more coat, hopefully tomorrow.
#DIY #Welding #Tractor #MetalWorking #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Paint
Homemade scrapmetal #Palletfork complete. Seems I got the measurements right, picks up and drops pallets from the ground perfectly. Either length- or sideways.
Very pleased. This will be so useful for hauling stuff around the farm.
Slight limitation in how high I can lift them, but it's sufficient. Might modify it if the need for more height arises, but it's a yard hauler, not a forklift.
Now I just need to get more pallets
#Homestead #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Tractor #ScrapMetal #SalvagePunk
-
Homemade scrapmetal #Palletfork complete. Seems I got the measurements right, picks up and drops pallets from the ground perfectly. Either length- or sideways.
Very pleased. This will be so useful for hauling stuff around the farm.
Slight limitation in how high I can lift them, but it's sufficient. Might modify it if the need for more height arises, but it's a yard hauler, not a forklift.
Now I just need to get more pallets
#Homestead #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Tractor #ScrapMetal #SalvagePunk
@yngmar You have two choices: build pallets from rusty steel or from concrete beams
-
Homemade scrapmetal #Palletfork complete. Seems I got the measurements right, picks up and drops pallets from the ground perfectly. Either length- or sideways.
Very pleased. This will be so useful for hauling stuff around the farm.
Slight limitation in how high I can lift them, but it's sufficient. Might modify it if the need for more height arises, but it's a yard hauler, not a forklift.
Now I just need to get more pallets
#Homestead #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Tractor #ScrapMetal #SalvagePunk
@yngmar
It would be interesting to see how much it can lift, and what determines the limitation for you. -
@yngmar
It would be interesting to see how much it can lift, and what determines the limitation for you.@Maker_of_Things I'm sure we'll find out at some point. And then weld it back together, subtract 1 kg and put a sticker on it
Or replace bent fork
-
Homemade scrapmetal #Palletfork complete. Seems I got the measurements right, picks up and drops pallets from the ground perfectly. Either length- or sideways.
Very pleased. This will be so useful for hauling stuff around the farm.
Slight limitation in how high I can lift them, but it's sufficient. Might modify it if the need for more height arises, but it's a yard hauler, not a forklift.
Now I just need to get more pallets
#Homestead #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Tractor #ScrapMetal #SalvagePunk
@yngmar the president of pallet-forks. And not only in terms of the color
-
@Maker_of_Things I'm sure we'll find out at some point. And then weld it back together, subtract 1 kg and put a sticker on it
Or replace bent fork
@yngmar
I was thinking that the hydraulics, or the counterbalance might also come into play.Though you can always add more weight at the front until the rear wheels collapse!
-
@Maker_of_Things I'm sure we'll find out at some point. And then weld it back together, subtract 1 kg and put a sticker on it
Or replace bent fork
-
@yngmar the president of pallet-forks. And not only in terms of the color
@KasTasMykolas I was careful not to get any on my face. Don't want to get invited to Epstein island.
-
@yngmar
I was thinking that the hydraulics, or the counterbalance might also come into play.Though you can always add more weight at the front until the rear wheels collapse!
@Maker_of_Things You forget what tractors are built to do. Have you seen the weight of a large plow?
Or the load on the frame when using a front loader lifting 600 kg (the original loaders rating, iirc).
Counterweight is on the job list, in the form of winch and lead
-
@Maker_of_Things You forget what tractors are built to do. Have you seen the weight of a large plow?
Or the load on the frame when using a front loader lifting 600 kg (the original loaders rating, iirc).
Counterweight is on the job list, in the form of winch and lead
@yngmar
Haha, I have also seen videos of tractors snapping in half.It does never cease to amaze me how much load little tractor front wheels will take!
-
@yngmar
Haha, I have also seen videos of tractors snapping in half.It does never cease to amaze me how much load little tractor front wheels will take!
@Maker_of_Things Frame or axle overload can happen as well as fatigue. But this tractor is built extremely strongly, you should've seen the loads it was wrestling when I pulled those concrete pylons out of the garden.
IIRC, the rear hitch on our Iseki is rated for lifting 800 kg. The Iseki rototiller it originally was sold with weighs 250 kg and it lifts that up like nothing. The rear hydraulics can't be overloaded, they have a pressure relief valve, it'll just not move when too heavy.
I'm only concerned about my welds snapping off, that's all
-
@Maker_of_Things Frame or axle overload can happen as well as fatigue. But this tractor is built extremely strongly, you should've seen the loads it was wrestling when I pulled those concrete pylons out of the garden.
IIRC, the rear hitch on our Iseki is rated for lifting 800 kg. The Iseki rototiller it originally was sold with weighs 250 kg and it lifts that up like nothing. The rear hydraulics can't be overloaded, they have a pressure relief valve, it'll just not move when too heavy.
I'm only concerned about my welds snapping off, that's all
@yngmar
I am taking note.Given we are clearing out and packing to move to a Welsh smallholding, this is research I can justify.
